"Syrian troops have tortured children, executed them and used some as young as eight as 'human shields' during military raids against rebels, according to a UN report released today.

The United Nations branded the Syrian government one of the worst offenders on its annual 'list of shame' of conflict countries where children are killed, abused and forced to fight.

Human rights groups estimate that about 1,200 children have died during the 15-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, whose brutal crackdown on Arab Spring-inspired protests has been widely condemned."

Is this just UN propaganda in order to prepare us for the coming invasion, like with Lybia and Gaddafi, or is this an honest and genuine report?

:sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever.

Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you.

:sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever.

Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you.

no apparantly thats what activists said (with no evidence), they even implied it was probably bullshit on skynews earlier.

Quoting: See1234

What did they say?

:sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever.

Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you.

He said the Syrian troops made a big stage in the middle of Damascus and had rows and rows of babies in incubators under the spotlights.

Then they played "Nelly The Elephant" - only the chorus - on a piano and when the chorus ended, they'd pull the plug out of another incubator and fire 50 rounds into it, then the chorus would resume and it continued like that until they broke all the incubators.

He said the Syrian troops made a big stage in the middle of Damascus and had rows and rows of babies in incubators under the spotlights.

Then they played "Nelly The Elephant" - only the chorus - on a piano and when the chorus ended, they'd pull the plug out of another incubator and fire 50 rounds into it, then the chorus would resume and it continued like that until they broke all the incubators.